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Nawa-i-Waqt ads ban condemned

KARACHI – Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills Lt Gen (Retd) Abdul Qayyum has said that undoubtedly the media is the fourth pillar of the State but at the same time a journalist has to report with great responsibility. This he stated in seminar on Media and the National Interests organised by Public Relations and Management Group […]


Newsweek journalist released

Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai, who works for the US magazine Newsweek, was freed on June 2 after being held in secret in Pakistan since April 21, 2004. Before being released from a jail in Miranshah, in the North Waziristan tribal region, he was reportedly obliged to ‘confess’ before a traditional assembly (jirga). Reporters Without Borders […]


Wage award right of employees

ISLAMABAD – Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the 7th Wage Board Award is the right of newspaper employees. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly after a walkout of newsmen from the press gallery on May 31 evening, the minister said that all the four provinces had agreed to link […]


CPNE slams attack

KARACHI – CPNE Sindh Committee convener has Mahmudul Aziz has condemned May 30 attack on Business Recorder premises and called for strong action against those responsible. He recalled that the compensation promised by the government to the Business Recorder and its employees following an arson attack in 2000 had not yet been paid. Source: Dawn […]


Business Recorder premises stormed

KARACHI – The premises of Business Recorder were subjected to heavy stoning on May 30 in the aftermath of the violent reaction that followed Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai’s murder. It was the vigilance of the staff members of Business Recorder and the law enforcing agencies present on duty that averted the mob to engage in arson […]


Worldcall & Net2phone sign deal

LAHORE – Worldcall Telecommunications Limited has signed a major deal with Net2phone, one of the top United States International carriers. This is a long-term strategic partnership for the joint launch of innovative voice-telephony services in the long distance & international domain, says a press release issued on May 31. The relationship would leverage upon Net2phone’s […]


Media and voter response

By Andleeb Abbas In my May 17 op-ed, ‘Marketing development,’ I had argued that the official media hype about free education and provision of textbooks was just a political exercise and won’t make any difference to the appalling state of education in the country. But I had thought this truth would emerge in the next […]


Daily Islam banned

KARACHI – The Government of Sindh has imposed a ban on “further circulation” of the Daily Islam, published from Karachi. A notification issued by the Sindh government on Saturday says: “Whereas, the Government of Sindh is satisfied that the newspaper Daily Islam Karachi dated May 12, 2004 published from Nazimabad-4, Karachi contains a matter which […]


Sindh govt denies CPNE charges

KARACHI – A Sindh government spokesman has strongly contradicted the allegations leveled by the Secretary General of CPNE against the government action of banning five newspapers. He clarified that these newspapers were not only tarnishing the image of the press but also promoting vulgarity and immorality in society. He said: “People from all walks of […]


UNICEF TV serial on children’s right

ISLAMABAD – The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on May 28 announced the creation of a new series of public service announcements, highlighting the fundamental rights of children to healthcare, education, equality and protection. UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said this in a press release received here from New York. He said: “These powerful […]


Computer institute at KPC

KARACHI – Federal Minister for Communications, Senator Babar Khan Ghauri will inaugurate a computer institute at Karachi Press Club (KPC) on May 29. The chairman of ‘Co-ordination Group’, Hanif S Kalia, will preside over the inaugural ceremony. KPC President Nizam Siddiqui said the institute was equipped with 15 computers, which would be utilised for imparting […]


Rights abuses on the rise in Pakistan: AI

AMNESTY International has expressed concern at, what it said, increasing human rights abuses in Pakistan. This was stated in Amnesty’s 2003 report released on May 26. In Pakistan, the report said over 500 people have been arbitrarily arrested and handed over to US authorities on suspicion of having ties to the Al-Qaeda terror network or […]


Five local newspapers banned

KARACHI – The Sindh government has banned five Karachi newspapers for 30 days for allegedly publishing obscene photographs and vulgar stories. The newspapers banned are the daily Morning Special, the daily Evening Special, the daily Mid Special, the daily Zamana and the daily Special. Orders were issued for the registration of cases against the editors, […]


Rashid announces Rs2.5m grant for MCD, KU

KARACHI – National conference on Urdu journalism has urged the government to free press from all sorts of restrictions so that it could function independently as the fourth pillar of the state. The three-day national moot, organized by the Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi, ended here on Wednesday with Federal Minister for Information […]